breeder reactor
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Unfortunately, no commercially viable breeder reactor has ever been built.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022
A breeder reactor can provide a twofer: disposing of what is now considered a problematic waste while producing a very large amount of energy for centuries.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022
TerraPower wants to partner with countries that are actively pursuing fast, breeder reactor technology.
From Scientific American • Jun. 23, 2011
At the heart of the Clinch River debate are not its finances but its technology; the 375-megawatt plant to be built is a breeder reactor, which creates more atomic fuel than it burns.
From Time Magazine Archive
He shares the President's distrust of nuclear power plants, and supported Carter's decision to postpone the building of a prototype breeder reactor on Tennessee's Clinch River, which falls within the TVA'S domain.
From Time Magazine Archive
